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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
garch 11, 1950 (Saturday)
Josephine county school
board notifies entire teaching
stgff of Illinois Valley High
school that they will not be
rehired next year.
former Huntington Park,
Cglif., man has assumed the
duties of new pubiisner oi tne
qifeSford News, a local week-Jf-
dot f I1XS AGO
gsMl 11. 1148 (Monday)
tate fish and game com
r&ission files complaint in cir
. caw t court seeking halt on con
otuction oi dam on Rogue
3tot. a it will allegedly in-
durfere with free passage of
ratory fish.
Trom Arthur Perry's "Ye
drrmudge Pot" column: "Herr
JCitler promises in speech 'the
iast "glorious victory in Ger
many's history,' even at the
erst of his own life. Der
fuehrer looked paler and
more solemn than usual, and,
in the light of what will even
tually happen to him, no
wonder."
30 YEARS AGO
March 11. 1930 (Tuesday)
Farmers and orchardists
who are on jury duty will try
to get off because of spring
work and plowing.
Trial of publisher of local
weekly on charges of criminal
libel will get under way Mon
day. 40 YEARS AGO
March 11. 1920 (Thursday)
Over 1,500 persons are in
vited to meeting at Page thea
ter tflnight by chamber of
commerce in latest drive to
boost membership.
SO YEARS AGO
March 11. 1910 (Friday)
Medford will have Fish lake
water again by March 15, as
repairs and enlargment of
main canal near completion.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
(even or eight is excellent; five or
iix it good.
1. In alphabelical order
name the first five States of
the Union.
2. What Democrat did Her
bert Hoover defeat when elect
ed President in 1928?
3. Who flew a plane called
"The Spirit of St. Louis"?
4. The initials CARE stand
fcir what organization?
5. From what major league
baseball team did Babe Ruth
retire at the close of his base
ball Career?
6. In what State are the
Counties called parishes?
7. What is the name for the
green coloring matter in
plants
8. Who served as Vice Pres
ldent during the first term of
FDR?
9. On the Roosevelt ten
Cent piece, is the denomina
tion expressed as ten cents,
or "one dime"?
10. What State is bounded
On the North by Oregon and
Idaho: East by Utah, Art
lona: South and West by
California?
Answers: !. Alabama. Alas
ka. Arisona, Arkansas. Cali
fornia. 2. Alfred E. Smith.
-3. Charles A. Lindbergh. 4.
'Cooperative f o r American
Remittances to Everywhere.
Inc. 5. New York Yankees.
. Louisiana. 7. Chloropnyu.
o Tun W. Garner. 9. One
liixai. 10. Nevada.
Political Scramble
Governor Hatfield's decision to appoint as in
terim Senator someone who is not an active can
didate is understandable.
It will be criticized by those who believe he
should appoint Mrs. Richard Neuberger as her
husband's successor. As Representative Edith
Green said:
"It seems to me the most important thing should be
the qualification of the individual. The most urgent
necessity is to see that the state is well represented.
The consideration of continuity in office would . . .
have been the most important reason for the appoint
ment." Mrs. Neuberger has announced that she will
be a candidate for the position. And a formid
able candidate she will be. For not only is she
a major political personality in her own right,
but she inherits almost
larity and acclaim which her husband built up
in his five years in the Senate.
CO, whoever opposes Maurine Neuberger will
also be opposing the "ghost" of Dick Neu
berger. And that will be tough, to put it mildly.
Attacking a man who is no longer around
is both difficult and impolitic. The same is true
about political attacks on his widow.
Governor Hatfield's statement that he will
not appoint an active candidate, but would name
a "substantial Democrat," is understandable
under these circumstances.
As a Republican, he would not wish to give
an undue advantage to any Democratic candi
date. And yet he would be subject to criticism
if he violated the terms of the "same party" suc
cessor law (for which he voted while in the legis
lature), even in view of its questionable consti
tutionality. 'T'HE political scrambling which featured the
first 30 or so hours after Senator Neuberger's
death was pretty much quieted down by Mrs.
Neuberger's announcement of her candidacy.
Other potential Democratic candidates backed
off, fast, either wishing to support her as an old
friend and colleague, or recognizing the political
fact that she is a virtual shoo-in for the Demo
cratic nomination.
Representatives Edith Green of Portland and
Charles O. Porter of Eugene both have long had
Senatorial ambitions. But Porter has been a close
friend and associate of both Dick and Maurine
Neuberger, while Mrs. Green, who hasn't, is suf
ficiently knowledgeable to realize she wouldn't
have a chance.
'
fYTHERS who toyed with the idea of running
for the Senate, or for other office, in the
hectic day after the Senator's death, include
Medford's Bob Duncan, Ex-Gov. Robert Holmes,
and others.
But Mrs. Neuberger now has caused the situ
ation to revert to the status quo ante, or nearly
so, by her courageous action in submitting her
own candidacy despite her own personal shock
and grief.
Politics is a demanding occupation, and some
times some pretty hard-boiled decisions are
required.
In any event, the political line-ups will be
known within a few hours of the time that this
speculation appears in print. Then the political
scene can cool oif for a tew weeks betore tne
pre-primary election campaigning gets under
way. E. A.
, Some Questions ":
It was gratifying to learn that state National
Guard headquarters has allocated $8,000 for the
installation of bleachers to seat 1200 people in
the Medford armory.
We didn't know it at the time of writing an
earlier piece about the armory (and neither did
anyone else around here), but that $8,00Q has
been budgeted and available for the purpose
since last July 1. Only after considerable pres
sure was exerted was it announced that it would
be made available.
Perhaps, soon, we will leam that $600 which
is budgeted for basketball backboards and hoops
will also be made available. This will permit
the National Guard s team m the Southern Ore
gon Independent League to play their home
games in the armory, where they belong, rather
than at McLoughlin Junior High school.
A
LL this leads one to
hannened to that $8,000 had not Questions
about the Armory seating been raised locally.
Would it have been spent here, as the leg
islature directed, or would it have been siphoned
off into other National Guard projects else
where? This presumably can be done by execu
tive action, particularly when no one is looking
and the facts are not made available locally.
We make no accusations, but we have learned
just enough about some of the National Guard
administrative practices at the headquarters level
to justify asking the questions.
TOR instance, was the new 41st Division com
r manding general's office at the Portland Air
Base authorized by the legislature? Or wasn't it?
If it wasn't, where in the Guard's budget was the
money found for its construction? From Armory
maintenance and improvement funds? .
And whence did the funds come (and what
did they total) for renovation and remodeling of
the commanding general's quarters at Camp
Clackamas?
We'll be pleased if these questions can be
answered without embarrassment to anyone.
But they should be answered. E. A.
all of the personal popu
wonder what would have
Dennis the
I.TSglK
ZOO S'fOSE YOU CAN MAKE HER
Communications
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for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the
views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Who's Who. and Why?
To the Editor: It would
appear that the communica
tions descending upon the
Tribune are not "in a rash,"
as our prolific E. A. terms
it, but rather in epidemic
form.
More specifically, lately
we've been deluged with pol
itics, "paint,", puppy prob
lems and promiscuous pas
sion. Each is a thought pro
voking subject, to say the
least. But it's the repercus
sions bouncing from letter to
letter which leave much
room for speculation. Specu
lation, that is, as to who is
pointing which long finger
at whom and with what good
cause.
Perhaps the political piper
offer is the face-painter. And
the thoughtless dog owner
may be the one who objects
strenuously to promiscuity, or
vice-versa. On the other hand,
there are the poor fellows
who own a dog, paint their
faces, HATE politics, miss
church too often, and-well-you
name it. They must be
sitting right square in the
target area.
Unfortunately, or perhaps
fortunately, I'm not as adept
at recalling appropriate quo
tations at the appropriate mo
ments. The following gist of
one, however, has managed
to stidk with me.
"Give me strength to ac
cept things I cannot change;
the courage to change those
I Can change; and wisdom,
(this I like) WISDOM to tell
one from the other."
G. Farfan
723 South Newtown st.
Medford.
Higher Loyalty
To the Editor: The editorial
"A Higher Loyalty" in the
December 24 issue of your
newspaper has just been
brought to my attention.
You have made your point
with great clarity and effec
tiveness. Editorials like yours
truly help to crack the walls
that separate our world into
hostile camps and mutually
distrustful power blocs.
Please accept my best
wishes for the success of your
efforts.
Luis Munoz Marin
Governor
Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico
La Fortaleza,
San Juan,
' Puerto Rico.
She Knows
To the Editor: I don't be
lieve I have . ever read any
letter like the one published
in last Friday's paper, about
Christ and Christianity.
My. personal opinion of the
man that left the church De
cause he couldn't believe
what it taught, is that he had
never known Christ person
ally or . he would be unable
to make such shocking state
ments. Like Job of old, there is
one thing I am sure of, I
KNOW my Redeemer liveth.
Any person that has ever ex
perienced saving grace can
not honestly deny the reality
of Christ.
I don't see where followers
of Jesus have a persecution
complex. This is a gospel of
love. Think jvhat the world
would be like without the in
fluence of Christianity. Take
Communism as an example,
where God is considered non
existant, nothing is sacred,
even human beings are con
sidered no more than animals.
After their usefulness is gone
they are liquidated. Chris
tianity stands for all that is
fine, decent and good.
The very principles that the
United States stands for
come, from our nation's
Christian founding. The fact
Menace
BETTER TOR TfME?
that the world is in such cha
os today is because people
have let go of the hand of
God.
The gentleman in his letter
also mentioned the second
coming of Christ, "and then
we will find - out who is
right." This is not a "think-
so" religion. He can know we
have eternal life. Try read-
ing the first epistle of John.
It is full of "knows." "These
things I write onto you that
you MAY KNOW you have
eternal life," is one such
verse.
I've noticed all the pros
and cons concerning the state
ment about Gov.- Hatfield,
and since my Saviour was
also criticized in the column,
I felt I should take a stand
for Him, for I'm not ashamed
of the gospel of Jesus Christ,
for it is the power of God
unto salvation.
Eleanor C. Anderson
1086 Spring st.
Medford.
We Don't Have To
To the Editor: In reference
to "Verbal Slap Seen Only
Cuba Reprisal" and other
news items, including an an
nouncement that the Cubans
were ridiculing Secretary of
btate uerter over the above
mentioned verbal slaD. I dn
not concur with the source of
the article.
If We. the American Deonl
and our nation, are unduly
condemned, I do believe we
should take further steps to
put the Cuban government
straight.
We do not have to take that
abuse from anybody.
Arthur C. Lewis
Box 1442
Medford
From Night lo Day
To the Editor: Daylight was
breaking in the east, darkness
was fading away. It was the
transformation from night to
day. Song of the whipper-will
was heard in the distance.
Crowing of the rooster was
plainly heard; barking dogs
awakened sound sleepers.
The man of the house arose,
bade the barking dogs be
quiet. He looked across the
rolling hills and beheld all
traces of night had disap
peared. Beauties of the rising
sun were enchanting.
Gazing eastward he said.
"God's gift to the world"-
night time for sleep and rest,
day time for labor and har
vest. F. S. Brandon
211 North Ivy st.
Medford.
Not Spring Yet
To the Editor: One real
warm sunny day about a week
ago surely did trick us into
thinking winter was over. I
noticed a gardener drinking
in the sunshine while he ap
parently was measuring some
ground to plant. But the next
day was far from Spring, with
blizzard-like weather blowing
bitterly cold. I imagined that
gardener's thoughts must have
run about like this ...
The other day the sun was
shinin'
And it felt so warm and nice
I could hardly realize
There could still be snow
and ice.
The hens were all a-cacklin',
Then again they'd sing;
Anything to fool a fellow
To thinking it is really
Spring.
Old Tige was out there lyin'
Where the shed leans to the
. south,
Just a pantin' like a lizzard
With his tongue way out his
mouth.
When I split the wood for
West Visits Non-Candidate Symington 9
Headquarters; Lease
' By DICK WEST
Washington - (UPD - In the
past month or so I have visit
ed the campaign headquarters
of all the peo
ple here who
are running
for President.
Now I have
started mak
ing the rounds
of people who
are not run
ning for Presi
dent. Thus far,
Dick West "s preiiy
hard to tell one type from the
other.
The first stop on my list of
non-candidates was the Sym
ington - for - president club
which has just moved into
new quarters overlooking Far
ragut Park.
The park is named for a
naval hero, Adm. David Far
ragut, .who said "Damn the
torpedoes! Go ahead!" The
club is named for a former
Air Force secretary, Sen.
Stuart Symington, who feels
that way about Russian mis
siles. Viewed as Dark Horse
Symington, as you know, is
currently viewed as a dark
horse in the race for the Dem
ocratic nomination. But I
wouldn't be surprised if he
soon became a horse of anoth
er color.
I mean the Symington club
doesn't look or act like it in
tended to be a token gesture.
It has more office space and
a bigger staff than the head
quarters of some of the run
ning candidates.
The club occupies what
was once a three-story resi
dence in the heart of down
town Washington. On the day
Emmie
My old duckin' coat I shed,
While the sweat was just
a-pourin'
In big drops off my forehead.
And that night when I was
comin'
From the pasture with the
cows,
I saw some silver pussies
Showin' on the willow
. boughs;
And I caught myself a-lookin'
Just perchance there might
be up
A little meadow crocus
Or a golden buttercup.
But today an East wind's
blowin'
With freezin raindrops in
the air
Makin' me so mighty
thankful
I'm still in long underwear.
So if tomorrow's nice and
sunny
Makin' the day spring-like
and warm
I'm going to know it's not
Spring yet
But another breeder for a
storm.
Mrs. O. T. Wilson,
431 North Second St.,
Central Point, Ore.
How To Be Attractive
.To the Editor: In the Pot
pourri column of Feb. 28,
Medford Mail Tribune, I
laughed when I read Toast
mistress Bonnie Wilson's ques
tion as to what the results
would be if women spent as
much time trying to be good
as they do trying to be beau
tiful. On afterthought, it wasn't
laughable, for a woman cart
not be truly beautiful unless
she is good.
Goodness shines out like
blooming plants in a clean
Window. A weak character, a
nasty temper, green jealousy,
untruthfulness, deceitfulness,
lasciviousness and mean
thoughts destroy beauty.
A lady naturally wants to
look nice and is willing to
work at it. She dresses neatly,
practices a gracious, charm
ing, kind personality, keeps
her teeth and nails clean, her
hair combed, hose seams
straight, her elbows close to
her sides while eating, and
her feet close together at all
times. She speaks clearly but
never loudly. She has dignity
that draws the respect of
those who meet her.
She likes people and over
looks their faults.
She acts her age.
If you would be lovely, do
not let anybody "get your
goat." Anger poisons your
blood, causes pimples and
shows a mean sparkle under
a scowl.
I've never been pretty, nor
could I be, but I've learned a
few tricks during my long
life; a daily bath to keep the
pores open, gently stroking
the face muscles towards the
ears (often, when ones hands
are idle), a glass of hot water
a while before breakfast, no
milk in coffee, drink a quart
of milk a day, do not overeat,
leave lipstick off your lips,
but add a bit of color to your
cheeks if needed, but blend it
in with your fingers. Do not
dye hair or brows.
Old age can be colorful, exciting-like
fluttering autumn
I called there, the heart had
clogged arteries, caused by
a heavy snowfall.
Earlier in the presidential
season, the club house at 921
17th st. was rented by a group
backing Gov. Nelson Rocke
feller for the Republican nom
ination. Two days after the Rocke
feller group moved in, it mov
ed out again, having suddenly
found itself without a candi
date. The Symington club,
eager to expand, was happy
to fill the vacancy.
Visits Perkins
Upon my arrival, I was es
Cuhan-U.S. Dispute Centers
Around Reputed Communist
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The man - of - the - week:
Foreign Minister, Raul Roa
of Cuba.
The place: Havana.
The quote: "Thj revolu
tionary government of Cuba
rejects, because they are in
sulting, the statements
made by the North Ameri
can secretary of stale. Mr.
Christian Herter . . ."
Cuba thus rejected United
States criticism of Premier
Fidel Castro's charges that the
U. S. was im
plicated in the
explosion of a
French muni
tions ship in
Havana Har
bor last Fri
day. It gave an
ironic twist to
the steadily
phii NewBom a e teriorating
relations between the United
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
NO PEACE
Ashkelon, Israel - "Tell it
not in Gath, publish it not in
the streets of Ashkelon; lest
the daughters
of the Philis
tines rejoice."
Thus David
cried out
when Saul,
the first king
of Israel, com
mitted suicide
over his mili
tary rout by
Philistine in
vaders. The same words now gleam
out in the springtime from a
bronze tablet here in ruined
Old Ashkelon, the burial place
oi a long series of vanished
civilizations.
Here in Ashkelon Samson
first met Delilah. Here came
Alexander . the Great. This
was an ancient place when
the Crusaders first stormed its
now-crumbled walls in 1270.
David's eulogy to Saul, as
the Israelis observe today, was
not an. admission of ultimate
defeat of Israel. It was the
beginning of new resistance
under David himself as the
new king. The Israelis were
to overcome the Philistines at
last.
.'
lTJAVID, in the modern say
J ing, was only refusing to
give the slightest comfort to
the enemy. Beside broken
Ashkelon, which lies deathly
still and quiet now under the
dust of the unnumbered cen
turies, stands a new and
blazing modern Ashkelon. So,
too, is a new and angular Gath
next door to old Gath.
Not many miles from here
old Ashkelon is relevant now
only as it symbolizes the age
less continuity of religion and
culture which is part of what
the Jews are now struggling
to preserve against the men
ace of Colonel Nasser's United
Arab Republic (Egypt and
Syria).
But, far more specifically,
the Israelis are defending an
almost aggressively modern
state of odd Vitality and pow
er, considering its size. It is a
state so up-to-date as to allow
its enemies to operate openly.
A Communist cell, for ex
ample, meets regularly in a
town called Nazareth and in
this town one hears the music
of a juke box in a saloon one
minute after leaving the grot
to which to Christians is the
shrine of the annunciation.
Near the rock. - cave home
Mary was informed that she
leaves. Get a hobby and share
with others.
I have learned to give of
myself Joyous greetings,
friendship, and prayer, be
cause I am a Fifty Plus Club
member, and we mean to be
good as well as ornamental.
I think we work at both,
but just leave off trying to be
good and there's an old dame
who has more eyes than a
potato and your name will be
Dennis, for beauty IS more
than skin deep.
Mrs. John Spackman,
P. O. Box 33,
Jacksonville, Ore.
William S.
White
Runs Until
corted to the office of William
H. Perkins Jr., who has taken
leave from his Chicago in
surance business to run the
headquarters.
Since Symington isn't a
candidate as yet, you might
say that Perkins at the mo
ment is sort of a horseless
head man. But I gathered he
doesn't think this will be per
manent. On Symington's most recent
speaking tour, he said, the
Missouri senator drew record
breaking crowds - in Republi
can territory - in zero weath
er. States and Castro's Cuba,
coming as it did from a gov
ernment which for months
has conducted a vicious anti-
U.S. campaign which the U.S.
had tried to answer or turn
away with soft words.
Castro's Cover-Up
Just how had Herter in
sulted Cuba?
He had summoned Cuban
Charge D'Affaires Dr. Enri
que Patterson and informed
him that the Castro charges
were "baseless, erroneous and
misleading."
There was speculation that
some of the violence of the
Cuban reaction was a cover
up for the fact that no evi
dence had been uncovered to
support Castro's claim that
I the munitions ship was "sabo-
taged," much less that the
S. WHITE
was to give birth to Jesus
Christ, great red tractors loud
ly drag trailer loads of ba
nanas from the shores of the
Sea of Galilee.
JUST ACROSS the valley an
" Arab military redoubt
frowns down from one of the
hills of Galilee. Israeli mili
tary jeeps throw up clouds of
sand and grit from the Plains
of Armageddon. Where thou
sands of years ago so many
famous battles were won and
lost. The men lived and died
in the infinity of time that is
this region of the world.
' rnu i " . .
j.nis coiumn, ana one or
two more before a wandering
correspondent returns to his
home base in Washington,
does not pretend to judge all
the ms and outs of Israel's
long quarrel with the Nasser
Arabs.
No doubt, in a local sense,
not an the justice lies with
the Israelis. No doubt the
Arabs are not wrong in every-
ining, out they are wrong in
ine one Dig thing. They are,
in effect, if not in intention,
auies or. tne soviet giant now
putting the pressure on the
West all along the free world
perimeter.
The concern here is only to
try to convey what it is like
now in Israel.
What is it like then? It is
more than cold war; it is less
than hot war. It is an uncom
fortably lukewarm, chronic
semi-war that still means a
military censorship here after
12 years.
nPHIS is a kind of Berlin in
the larger East-West cold
war, a pro-Western island in
a vast sea that is at the very
least no friend of the West.
True, the world implications
are less perilous immediately
tnan in Berlin. But the physi
cal area of the struggle is
larger, and this area is the
crossroads of the earth.
True, again, there is only
sporadic shooting on the fron
tiers here or there, and the
Word "shalom" tirelessly ex
changed among the Israelis is
a word that in English means
peace."
But there is no peace. There
is no peace even though one
can see the blue United Na
tions flag flying in the Gaza
strip. There is ho peace as
two-man U.N. patrols move
back and forward in the deso
late emptiness Of this no-
man's land between Egypt and
Israel, and there is no rest
ever for the Israelis.
(Copyright. I960, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
TO PROBE AIR CRASH
Washington -(UPD- The Civil
Aeronautics Board will open
a public hearing March 22
in Wilmington, N. C, on the
crash of an airliner which in
vestigators have determined
was wrecked in the air by an
explosion. The New York to
Miami National Airlines DC
6B crashed near Bolivia, N.C.,
Jan. 6, killing all 34 persons
aboard. One of the victims
was Julian A. Frank, a heav
ily insured New York attor
ney.
November
"He's not actively seeking
delegates but he's everybody's
second choice," Perkins con
tinued, warming to the sub
ject. "Nobody can find any
thing wrong with Stuart Sym
ington.'' While waiting for Syming
ton to commit himself, the
club is operating a full blown
campaign, sending out litera
ture, lining up volunteer
workers across the country
and arranging speaking sched
ules. Furthermore, its lease on
the building runs until next
November.
United States had anything
to do with it.
Raul Roa, the man who re
jected the U. S. criticism, is a
slightly built man in his early
50s. He wears glasses and ha
wispy gray hair.
Before he became foreign
minister he was a Havana
University professor. Ari be
fore that he was a Commu
nist. His full name is Raul Roa
Garcia, although the "Gar
cia" seldom is used. When the
Communist Party csgne to
Cuba nearly 30 years ago he
was one of its founders.
Heads Red Trio
Today, he is reported to be
part of a Communist interna
tional triumvirate assigned
to run Cuba. The other mem
bers are listed as Castro's
brother, Raul, and the Argen
tine, Che Guevara, who now
heads up Cuba's National
Bank while Raul heads the
army.
Those who know Roa well
describe him as a brilliant
intellectual, a quiet, outward
ly unassuming man who
wields a whiplash tongue.
He flitted in and out of
Cuba during the regime oof
former President Fulgencio
Batista and is well knoVn in(
Mexico where he servl as Jn
exchange professor.
He formerly was a frequent
contributor to newspapers
and has attended InterAmeri
can Press Association meet
ings as a delegate from Mexi
can leftwing publications. He
has represented Castro at
meetings of the Organization
of American States.
Roa assumed office after
Castro's television firing of
revolutionary President Man
uel Urrutia, and since has
just about cleaned out the
Foreign Ministry's career
workers. In their places have
come known Recte Or Red
sympathizers, all of them cap
able. A foreign diplomat'! char
acterization of Roa:
"A very dangerous man."
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